Maple-syrup production in New York state increased 1.7 percent to 820,000 gallons this year from 806,000 gallons in 2018, despite a shorter season, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). New York’s maple-syrup season lasted an average of 32 days in 2019, down from 52 days last year. The earliest sap flow reported […]
Get Instant Access to This Article
Become a Central New York Business Journal subscriber and get immediate access to all of our subscriber-only content and much more.
- Critical Central New York business news and analysis updated daily.
- Immediate access to all subscriber-only content on our website.
- Get a year's worth of the Print Edition of The Central New York Business Journal.
- Special Feature Publications such as the Book of Lists and Revitalize Greater Binghamton, Mohawk Valley, and Syracuse Magazines
Click here to purchase a paywall bypass link for this article.
Maple-syrup production in New York state increased 1.7 percent to 820,000 gallons this year from 806,000 gallons in 2018, despite a shorter season, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
New York’s maple-syrup season lasted an average of 32 days in 2019, down from 52 days last year. The earliest sap flow reported in the state this year was Jan. 5 and the latest sap flow was May 1.
The number of taps in the Empire State rose 2.6 percent to 2.8 million taps in 2019 from 2.73 million last year. The yield per tap dipped slightly from 0.295 gallons in 2018 to 0.293 gallons this year.
U.S. maple-syrup production totaled 4.24 million gallons in 2019, up 1 percent from nearly 4.2 million gallons the previous year, per the USDA. The number of taps was estimated at 13.3 million this year, down 4 percent from the 2018 total. Yield per tap was estimated to be 0.318 gallons in 2018, up 5 percent from 0.303 gallons the previous season.